BENELUX

distribution within Europe

From the British Isles, Denmark en Poland to the Iberian Peninsula; also in Thrace (Fauna Europaea, 2007) and Turkey (Civelek, Deeming & Önder, 2000a).

larva

The larva is described by de Meijere (1941a) and Dempewolf (2001a); rear spiraculum with about 25 papillae in a semicircle. The last abdominal segment with a conspicuous, long, sac-like protuberance.

synonyms

Paraphytomyza, Phytagromyza orphana.

notes

The association between larva and fly has not yet been established by breeding (Spencer, 1976a; Dempewolf, 2001a). Moreover, Dempewolf found that in Bielefeld oviposition invariably takes place in the stem, not in a leaf.